Hercules Meets The Middleman

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The new cable series gets some help from the Gods.

By Travis Fickett

If our review of The Middleman didn't convince you to check out the show, then maybe this news will. TV Guide is reporting that actor Kevin Sorbo is coming on to play a former Middleman from the 60s. This ties in with the "spy-fi" and pulp sensibility of the series, and the idea of a Middleman from that era sure seems to fit the show.

Sorbo of course is best known for playing Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Sorbo proved in that series adept at handling the tongue-in-cheek playfulness of that show as well as the stunts and action necessary to play the demi-God. Sorbo will be playing a Middleman who is brought out of cryogenic freeze to battle his old nemesis, "The Candle." With a comic book-worthy origin and his own nemesis – how can you not want to check that out?